Characterizing the risk of infection from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in commercial passenger aircraft using quantitative microbial risk assessment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-365

  Jones, Rachael M ^a,b,c   Masago, Yoshifumi ^c,d   Bartrand, Timothy ^e   Haas, Charles N ^e   Nicas, Mark ^a   Rose, Joan B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Michigan StateUniversity ^*  (United States)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response assessment; Environmental exposure; Immunologic; Risk assessment; Risk management; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; DOSE-RESPONSE ASSESSMENT; EMISSION RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNOLOGIC; MARKOV MODELS; MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENTS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PASSENGER AIRCRAFT; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIONS; SPATIAL ORGANIZATIONS; STEADY STATE; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIR FILTERS; AIRCRAFT; DECISION MAKING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIRCRAFT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH RISK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; INFECTION RISK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 60349121321     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01161.x     Document Type: Article

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